Four romance authors have taken a different point of view in stories, set between 1866 and 1917, featuring strong women; realistic characters, mystery, and danger are a great combination from Benefiel; a debut offer an edge to a star-crossed-lovers story; Layne is equally adept at writing portrayals of grief and scenes of steamy passion

A strong female lead from Erickson, a twist on the “marriage of convenience” trope from Hutton, enemies into friends from Kelly, a fast-paced new adult tale from Layne, and appealing push and pull from Stone

A charming and intriguing dragon tale from Christensen, a strong female protagonist from Hackett, Layne offers up book three in her “Sex, Love & Stiletto” series, Ryan’s latest sees her plucky heroine Falling for Owen